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3. Various students are asked to perform actions
which demonstrate the understanding of the

vocabulary.

4. To put the word floor into a communication
experience, there is a simple a command that

all members of the class can obey while sitting
at their desks: “ touch the floor” this command

can then be used for introducing additional
words (Allen, 1983).

c. Teaching Vocabulary in Intermediate Classes

At intermediate level, we teach many of the same
kinds of words that elementary students need. Like

lessons for beginners, the intermediate vocabulary
lessons include many words for things and persons

in the learners’ daily lives. There is much that the two
levels have in common.

Compared with the beginners, however,

intermediate students have one great advantage.
They have learned a large number of English words

which can now be used by the teacher for defining

new vocabulary. Defining English words by means
of other English words requires real skill. It is a skill

that is particularly needed by teachers of